NanoSail-D (2008 flight unit)
The original NanoSail-D flight unit was a three-unit NASA CubeSat carrying a compact deployable solar sail. The experiment was intended to prove that the sail could be packed and deployed successfully and to study its use as a drag device for passive spacecraft deorbiting.
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- NanoSail-D SN001Falcon 1 Flight 3 solar-sail payload
- Name
- NanoSail-D (2008 flight unit)
- Slug
- nanosail-d-2008-flight-unit
- Status
- failed
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- Description
- The original NanoSail-D flight unit was a three-unit NASA CubeSat carrying a compact deployable solar sail. The experiment was intended to prove that the sail could be packed and deployed successfully and to study its use as a drag device for passive spacecraft deorbiting.
- End Date
- 2008-08-03
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- The 2008 NanoSail-D spacecraft was lost in the Falcon 1 Flight 3 failure and never reached orbit. A separate flight spare later completed the solar-sail demonstration on another launch.
- Program
- NanoSail-D
- Start Date
- 2008-08-03
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:05:53 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:05:53 UTC
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